Arsenal confident results on the pitch will match financial power

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The sale of Van Persie ensured that Arsenal made a £23.2m gain from player tradingDARREN STAPLES/REUTERS

Ashling O’ConnorSports News Correspondent

Last updated at 12:01AM, February 26 2013

Arsenal can still automatically qualify for the Champions League, according to
Arsène Wenger, who has claimed that Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are “not
out of reach”.

The Arsenal manager’s assertion, which was made on Saturday before Chelsea’s
loss away to Manchester City, but emerged only yesterday, followed a torrid
few weeks in which his team were beaten by Bradford City, Blackburn Rovers
and Bayern Munich in the Capital One Cup, FA Cup and Champions League
respectively.

Despite a sustained volley of criticism from fans, Wenger said that he was
confident his side could pull themselves up from fifth in the